The code for this recipe is available at https://github.com/dev-cafe/cmake-cookbook/tree/v1.0/chapter-09/recipe-03 and has a C++ example. The recipe is valid with CMake version 3.5 (and higher) and has been tested on GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Cython is an optimizing static compiler that allows to write C extensions for Python. Cython is a very powerful tool and uses the extended Cython programming language (based on Pyrex). A typical use case for Cython is speeding up Python code, but it can also be used to interface C/C++ with Python via a Cython layer. In this recipe, we will focus on the latter use case and demonstrate how to interface C/C++ and Python using Cython with the help of CMake.
